After an entirely digital experience last year, the EFG London Jazz Festival reopens to live audiences with a exciting programme full of distinguished jazz talent. Produced by Serious, one of the UK’s leading producers and curators of live jazz, the festival runs annually every November across several London venues. 2018
You can check out the entire programme here, but read are our top picks below!
Cécile McLorin Salvant + Xhosa Cole (TICKETS)
When: 16 November 2021
Where: Cadogan Hall, Sloane Square
The winner of the first ever Thelonious Monk International Jazz Competition and a three-time Grammy winner, Cécile McLorin Salvant takes to the gorgeous Cadogan Hall in West London. Saxophonist Xhosa Cole, the 2018 winner of BBC’s Young Jazz Musician of the Year, will be opening for her.
What’s Going On: Nu Civilisation Orchestra (TICKETS)
When: 18th November 2021
Where: Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre
The Nu Civilisation Orchestra (NCO) is a world-class ensemble led by Peter Edwards and brought together by Tomorrow’s Warriors’ Artistic Director Gary Crosby OBE. They will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of Marvin Gaye’s groundbreaking What’s Going On album.
Billie Holiday at Carnegie Hall, starring Vimala Rowe (TICKETS)
When: 20th November 2021
Where: Crazy Coqs, Live at Zedel
Exquisite jazz vocalist Vimala Rowe pays tribute to Billie Holiday by recreating her famed concert at Carnegie Hall,
